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our breakfast and pull out com for the sentry. As 

 soon as one of the children has been properly fed 

 he shall replace the sentry, who shall then get his 

 breakfast, and I will give the signal when the change 

 shall be made. You may both start from the field 

 and your post of duty at the same time, but under 

 no consideration must you all be on the ground at the 

 same time without a sentry on duty. 



"Now, the duty of the sentry is to observe every 

 moving object and to determine its character. If 

 there is the slightest danger, then the sentry is to 

 give the alarm 'Caw, Caw, Caw' three times to noti- 

 fy the others. If he deems it advisable to order a 

 flight, he does so by a series of calls that definitely 

 locate the danger to the ones on the ground. If 

 the danger be a man with a gun and he is to the 

 west of the feeding party, the sentry is to specify 

 his location by a certain caU and fly directly away 

 from him. This wiU also be the direction that all 

 the rest are to take until out of range of all danger. 

 Other calls will decide the other directions of dan- 

 ger, but while on sentry duty do not become unduly 

 alarmed or excited, or make any fuss unless neces- 

 sary. Keep your head and always use caution." 



"Now you are to act as sentry this morning," 

 said Jim Crow to one of the children, "and as soon 



